Faith

Narrator: Chris Genthree

• 1 min. read • grade level: 8

Hebrews 11:1, 6¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6); Mark 11:22²²And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. (Mark 11:22)

Bishop Ryle has very well likened faith to a root whose flower is assurance. To have the latter, he says, it is necessary that there must first be the hidden source of faith.

Faith is the simplest and most universal experience in the world. Call it by whatever name you may, confidence, trust, or belief, it is inseparable from the human race. The first sign of a dawning intelligence in the mind is the exercise of the infant’s faith toward those it knows, and its fear toward those it does not know. We cannot even remember when we first began to have faith.

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